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This image shows views of the Sun and the Earth at two different time periods in history. Going from left to right, top to bottom, you see the Sun as depicted by the Anasazi ~1000 A.D., the Sun as seen from a satellite ~2000 A.D., the Earth as the Islam people saw it ~1000 A.D., the Earth taken from Apollo 11 ~2000 A.D. A lot can change in a thousand years!
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Sun-Earth Day is a national celebration of the Sun, the space around the Earth (geospace), and how all of it affects life on our planet. In classrooms, museums, planetaria, and at NASA centers -- not to mention hundreds of National Astronomy Day celebrations in your area -- we plan to have a blast sharing stories, images, and activities related to the Sun-Earth connections in our solar system. Celebrations will take place on April 27th-28th around the world. Sun-Earth Day 2001 is sponsored by NASA's Sun-earth Connection Education Forum, the joint ESA-NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission, and The Astronomical League (sponsors of National Astronomy Day).

Please see the links below for more information on how to participate in Sun-Earth Day. Also, enjoy Sun-Earth web pages of further reading, classroom activities, Flip Books,
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